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Article: Inquisition's Isabella Is Sized Up For Sainthood
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- June 28, 2002
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Shapiro, Samantha M.
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06-28-2002
Spain's Roman Catholic bishops are reviving an old effort to canonize Queen
Isabella, in a move that worries Jewish and Catholic groups. Opponents say
the woman who engineered the Spanish Inquisition, expelling Spain's
thriving Muslim and Jewish communities, is not saint material.
The move, thought to be a trial balloon, advances the cause of Isabella's
sainthood in Spain, but not necessarily within the Vatican, where such
determinations are made, observers said. Another push was made on
Isabella's behalf a few years ago, but was shot down by protests.
Jewish groups roundly denounced the effort.
"For a Jew, what's there to say about Queen Isabella?" said ...